The Board has granted the appellant's claim as a surviving spouse of the Veteran for purposes of VA benefits, based on her continuous marriage to the Veteran from their initial marriage in 1978 until his death in 2016 and her lack of remarriage.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that the appellant and the Veteran remained legally married despite an unresolved divorce petition, allowing for recognition as a surviving spouse.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22061868
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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